But wait... it gets better. Amazon is SORRY. Well, that totally makes up for the fact you douche-nuggets threw your customer under the bus for a fucking WEEK when the carrier lost an expedited package. After I got off the phone politely telling them just how skeevy THAT response was in this situation, and how I expect better from years of being a loyal Amazon customer... I realized that none of that was going to get me my fucking ink anytime soon. So I gave in to reality and ordered another one of the same; HOPEFULLY one or both will get to my by Monday.
mnem
*toddles off to ded*
sometimes the only, albeit piddling sort of, revenge is the reverse shipping charge amazon absorbs when you initiate a "arrived too late" return.
Yeah, didn't even get that piddling bit of satisfaction this time... the package was delivered today; to some poor unsuspecting soul in Onionville, about 25 kliks south of me. So I contacted Amazon Customer Svce and my refund is now processing. Most likely, Amazon will get their money back from the carrier or insurance, and if that poor unsuspecting soul does the right thing and sends it back, eventually down the line some poor sod (maybe even me) will receive a package of dubious-quality ink that got frozen on this guy's porch because he wasn't expecting it.
mnem
*dubious dwagon*
not that it will make you feel any better but one of my fedex packages made yet another trip between the depots in pennsylvania and new jersey. this would be the fifth orbit since december 5th. for reasons that i do not understand it has been unable to attain escape velocity and i fear there is no indication that it ever will.
when i called to inquire about this curious journey, the nice man from fedex assured me that my shipment really will arrive saturday because
that's what it says on his screen. he was, in fact, incredulous when i expressed a wee bit of doubt regarding his enthusiastic certainty that this new delivery date is more certain than the last three, all of which were on his screen, too, at various points in the past week.